Bijapur Taluka

Bijapur Taluka is one of the five talukas, administrative subdivisions, of Bijapur District in Karnataka, India.[1] The administrative centre for Bijapur Taluka is in the city of Bijapur. The taluka is located in the southwest quadrant of the district.[2] In the 2011 census there were forty-six panchayat villages in Bijapur Taluka.[3] The main river in the taluka is the Don River.[2]

Geography

Bijapur Taluka is in the southwestern part of Bijapur District, with Maharashtra state and Indi Taluka to the north, Singi Taluka and Basavana Bagewadi Taluka to the east, Bagalkot District to the south, and Belgaum District and Maharashtra state to the west.[2] It covers 2,659.24 square kilometres (1,026.74 sq mi), which is slightly more than a quarter (25.24%) of the district.[4]

Demographics

In the 2001 India census, Bijapur Taluka reported 569,348 inhabitants, with 292,687 males (51.4%) and 276,661 females (48.6%), for a gender ratio of 945 females per 1000 males.[4] Those 569,348 people represent 31.51% of the people in Bijapur District. Based upon households, the taluka was 45.2% urban in 2001; but based upon individuals it was only 44.6% urban.[4] In either case, Bijapur Taluka was the most urban in the district.[4] The population density was 214 people per square kilometer, and as expected was the densest in the district.[4] The overall literacy rate was 51.7%, the highest in the district.[4] In terms of religion in 2001, Bijapur Taluka was 77.2% Hindu, 21.4% Muslim, 1.6% Christian, and 0.8% Jain. That was the lowest Hindu percentage in the district, and the highest Muslim, the highest Christian and the highest Jain percentages in the district.[4]

Bijapur Taluka had one city, Bijapur C.M.C., and 118 villages, all of them inhabited. Of those villages forty-six were panchayat villages.[5]

Electoral constituencies

For the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha, Bijapur Taluka participates in the Bijapur constituency.

Transport

Bijapur Taluka has five of the eighteen railroad stations in the district. There are 92 kilometres of National Highway in the taluka, 156 kilometres of State Highways and 778 miles of major district roads.[6] The main highways in the taluka are the north-south National Highway 13 and National Highway 218.[7]

Points of interest in taluka

Notes

  1. ↑ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Blocks of Bijapur, Karnataka". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Map Showing Rivers in Bijapur District". Bijapur District.
  3. ↑ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Bijapur, Bijapur, Karnataka". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "District Statistics for Year 2010 - 2011" (PDF). Bijapur District.
  5. ↑ "District Statistics for Year 2010 - 2011" (PDF). Bijapur District. p. 42.
  6. ↑ "District Statistics for Year 2010 - 2011" (PDF). Bijapur District. p. 132.
  7. ↑ "Bijapur Road Map". India maps online.
  8. ↑ The largest dome, unsupported by pillars, is St. Peter's in Vatican City.

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Coordinates: 16°45′N 75°35′E / 16.750°N 75.583°E / 16.750; 75.583

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